Curiosities

For more than 50 years, photojournalist Stephen Shames has used images to illustrate social issues across America and beyond — standing up for those whose voices often go unheard.Stephen Shames/InstagramStephen Shames with fellow photojournalist Arthur Rothstein. There’s a common saying...

Claim: In the 2021 book “Value(s),” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wrote, “Western society is morally rotten and has been corrupted by capitalism.” Rating: ContextCarney did not make such a statement, nor did it appear in his book. "Value(s): Building a Better...

<!--qv q:id=a6 q:key=vcaa:Outside of the New York Stock Exchange in downtown Manhattan stands an 11-foot-tall, 7100-pound bronze form of a charging bull. For tourists, this sculpture is top photo op for their Instagram feeds, but for the brokers inside...

Jade Janks murdered her stepfather Tom Merriman in December 2020 after she allegedly stumbled upon a huge collection of her nude photos he'd kept since she was 16. 48 Hours Jade Janks, the woman who murdered her stepfather. On...

USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptionsFeb. 6, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promote ... Read More !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) ...

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Ben McDaniel disappeared in August 2010 and, despite intense searches of the underwater cave system where he was last seen, no sign of his remains has been found.Fair UseBen McDaniel, the diver who disappeared from a Florida spring in...

Claim: No perpetrator of a school shooting has ever been sentenced to death. Rating: ContextSnopes' research found at least four perpetrators of school shootings have been sentenced to death since 1940. Two of those sentences were later commuted to life in prison...

<!--qv q:id=a6 q:key=vcaa:For some pickle fans, the leftover juice in the jar is the best part. The brine is so popular that it appears in alcoholic beverages—often as a pickleback shot—and is sold by the gallon at some stores....

André the Giant's grew so large due to a hormonal disorder called acromegaly, but the condition that helped make him so famous also led to his death in 1993.HBOAt his peak, André the Giant reportedly stood seven-foot-four and weighed...